Abstract
The most important forest trees in Cyprus are two pines, Pinus nigra at high levels and Pinus halepensis at lower levels. The pine forests of Cyprus have been badly misused in the past, but during the last ten years they have at last been given almost complete relief from goat grazing. The response of Pinus halepensis has been remarkable and regeneration both natural and artificial has been easily obtained. Natural regeneration of Pinus nigra , however, seems to depend on more than one major factor. It seems that for this species goat grazing is only half the story, the other half being connected with the dates on which the winter snows fall and melt. At high altitudes, where Pinus nigra forest has been so burnt out that insufficient seed bearers remain, regeneration must be carried out by artificial means, On denuded land at these levels geology, slope and climate combine to produce an unstable soil on which few species can maintain a roothold or avoid being buried. Re-forestation seems to be impossible until soil movement has been reduced by the introduction of fast growing herbaceous colonizers.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Pinus halepensis regenerated readily after relief from goat grazing.
- Taxon
- Pinus halepensis
Pinus halepensise0 - Outcome
- regeneratione0
- Direction
- easily obtainede0
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Verbatim
e0“The response of Pinus halepensis has been remarkable and regeneration both natural and artificial has been easily obtained.”
Claim · model-written summary
Pinus nigra natural regeneration appears to depend on grazing and winter snow timing.
- Taxon
- Pinus nigra
Pinus nigrae0 - Outcome
- Natural regeneratione0
- Qualifier
- dates on which the winter snows fall and melte0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Natural regeneration of Pinus nigra , however, seems to depend on more than one major factor. It seems that for this species goat grazing is only half the story, the other half being connected with the dates on which the winter snows fall and melt.”
Claim · model-written summary
Artificial regeneration is needed where too few Pinus nigra seed bearers remain after fire.
- Taxon
- Pinus nigraPinus nigrae0
- Outcome
- regeneration must be carried out by artificial meanse0
- Qualifier
- insufficient seed bearers remaine0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“At high altitudes, where Pinus nigra forest has been so burnt out that insufficient seed bearers remain, regeneration must be carried out by artificial means”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors judge reforestation impossible until herbaceous colonizers reduce soil movement on denuded high altitude land.
- Outcome
- Re-forestatione0
- Qualifier
- soil movement has been reduced by the introduction of fast growing herbaceous colonizerse0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“Re-forestation seems to be impossible until soil movement has been reduced by the introduction of fast growing herbaceous colonizers.”
e1“On denuded land at these levels geology, slope and climate combine to produce an unstable soil on which few species can maintain a roothold or avoid being buried.”